"Asters and Ivy" juried into the CoCOA Regional Show

This painting is off of Fort Collins, Co for the month of June!  I am pleased to be one of those juried into the CoCOA Regional Show.  The opening will be this Friday during the monthly art walk in Fort Collins from 6 -9 pm.  You can check out CoCOA's website to see whats going on at their gallery and come by for a visit in the month of June.


Colorado Coalition of Artists

148 West Oak Street, Suite C

Fort Collins, CO 80524

"ASTERS AND IVY" 

This 8x10 pastel painting can be viewed from

June 3-27, 2011 at the CoCOA gallery 

Morning Swim

MORNING SWIM
9x12 Pastel Painting

This past  April,  I went back to my hometown in Arkansas to visit with my family, spring was in full bloom and young wildlife  abound.  Among  the wildlife were some families of wild geese  that have made residence at  two of my parents ponds.  Because the geese come back every year to have their families, what started as two adults have now grown to a sizeable group.  It's a joy to see the mothers taking care of the young and  amazing to watch the care she gives  them!  The two ponds the geese call home  are  separated by a two-lane highway.   Many times, my Mom and I have watched from my parents windows as the adult geese make sure the babies are safe while swimming in the pond or as they carefully guard the traffic leading the babies across the busy highway to safety from one pond to another.  

Back at my home in Cheyenne, I was missing the time with my mother, as we watched  the view of the ponds,  the geese and  their young.   This painting captures memories of watching a mother goose as she took her babies for their early morning swim!